The Berghof
Hotel in Bauhaus style

Bauhaus - a style of architecture that reduces itself to clear forms as well as bringing artistic craftsmanship into the foreground. Anyone entering the lobby at the Berghof notices the former spirit of optimism of this formative architecture, which became a symbol of modernity in Europe.

The elegant Berghof lobby - an artistic hotel hall from the 1930s: sophisticated interior design paired with large panoramic windows that literally draw nature into the room.

The young architect
Siegfried Mazagg

The spirit of the 1930s
The modern hotel

After studying architecture, Siegfried Mazagg (1902 to 1932) quickly specialised in tourist facilities such as hotels. The young architect was able to build up a good reputation on the architectural scene in no time. Mazagg's designs are an interplay of: Wanting to preserve the familiar, expressed through the Heimatschutz style of the time, and on the other hand the very progressive currents of the Bauhaus style. He combines the aesthetic requirements of both styles. With his buildings, the young architect succeeds in finding a new and interesting middle ground that inspires contemporaries and thus causes a sensation. Today as back then.

Dali at the Berghof?
The exceptional Spanish artist as a guest

Exactly, you have read correctly. Even the great painter and surrealist SALVADOR DALI once found his way to the Hotel Berghof in 1939. Dali must have sought new inspiration here in the natural paradise of Seefeld and also left some telling lines. In a declaration that he wrote together with several fellow surrealist artists, Dali spoke of: "The right of man to be allowed to be crazy". He recorded these weighty words on a sheet of Berghof stationery.

The hotel
as advertising poster

Designed by
Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky

Timeless aesthetics. The Berghof poster designed by Prachensky in the 1930s is still a real artifice today. The Tyrolean painter, graphic artist and architect knew how to immortalise (portray) the hotel on paper in an exciting way. The chosen colours, the feeling for harmony and a precise perspective depth of field that consciously directs the viewer's eye. Timelessly beautiful!

The young architect Siegfried Mazagg

The spirit of the 1930s The modern hotel

The hotel as advertising poster

Designed by Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky

The young architect
Siegfried Mazagg

The spirit of the 1930s
The modern hotel

The hotel
as advertising poster

Designed by
Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky